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Douglas S. Tyler Oral History Interview, 2019

Dr. Douglas S. Tyler, MD, is the John Woods Harris Distinguished Chair in Surgery, Professor, and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He completed his residency in general surgery at the Duke University Medical Center, where he was the Chief Resident in Surgery. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project. In the interview, Tyler discusses his early life, education, decision to become a physician, experiences with Sabiston as a Resident in General Surgery and as the Chief Resident in Surgery, Sabiston's training methods, his experiences working in a research lab at Duke, his fellowship in surgical oncology, coming back to Duke to start his academic career, other memories of Sabiston, and his reasons for leaving Duke.
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Interview, June 10, 2019

This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Douglas S. Tyler on June 10, 2019 by Emily Stewart as part of the Dr. David Sabiston Oral History Project.

Duration: 00:49:10

During the interview, Tyler discusses his early life; education; decision to become a physician; meeting Sabiston for the first time for his interview for residency; experiences with Sabiston as a resident in general surgery and as the Chief Resident in Surgery; changes in the Department of Surgery that Sabiston was slow to enact such as the residents' call schedule and surgical specialization, Sabiston's fear based training methods that created a competitive culture that is not acceptable by today's standards; the lack of racial and gender diversity in the Department of Surgery, especially the lack of women in all surgical training programs; his experiences working in a research lab at Duke on HIV research that Sabiston selected for him over his preferred area of research in breast cancer; his fellowship in surgical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which Sabiston did not support; coming back to Duke to start his academic career, other memories of Sabiston and his wife, Aggie; and his reasons for leaving Duke. Digital files include transcript (.DOCX), interview (.MP3), and consent form (.PDF).